The Things Gods Break

The Crucible, Book 2

De: Abigail Owen

Narrado por: Piper Goodeve, Tom Kiteley

The gods want her dead … Hades will bury them.

You’d think I’d have learned by now:

Don’t mouth off to deities.

Don’t fall for the King of the Underworld.

And definitely don’t get dragged into a divine death match where I’m the cursed mortal prize.

But here I am―trapped in Tartarus, humanity’s worst pit stop, squaring off against monsters who make the gods look merciful. Titans, twisted by centuries of rage and ruin, are sealed behind seven ancient locks.

And guess what?

I'm the key.

To escape, I’ll have to survive every horrifying trial they throw at me.

To win, I might have to become something the gods never saw coming.

Oh, and Hades?

He's about to break every rule the gods ever wrote.

Because to save me … the god of death will burn the world.

But if I break free? So do the Titans.

And the world won’t just suffer―it'll beg for the end.

©2025 Abigail Owen (P)2025 Recorded Books

Wow!

Great second book! The story was complex and I was a little disoriented at the end but it kept me hooked! Also Tom Kiteley is my new favorite male narrator and he could read a dictionary out loud and I’d listen to it! What great voice acting!

Greek mythology x riddles and games x fate

This book went in a completely different direction than I anticipated and I absolutely loved it. The Games Gods Play left off on a cliffhanger where I was desperate for more and book 2 pick up right where we left off. I love the addition of new gods from different mythologies, the way we learn so much more about Hades (with his pov!!) and continuing the games and riddles I loved from the first book. Of course this ends on a cliffhanger too but not nearly as bad as the first.

Read this if you’re in the mood for….
- Greek mythology
- riddles and games (high stakes)
- playing with fate
- she rescues herself
- found family

I continue to love this series and can’t wait for the announcement of the last book in the trilogy.

Mind blown

HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT
WHEN DOES BOOK THREE COME OUT?!?!
Amazing storytelling, definitely a must read

AHHHHH!!!!

What?! WHAT?! When is the next one?! AHHHHHHH!!!!! I am not okay! Do not pick this up if you don’t like cliff hangers!!!!

Five stars

She somehow managed to make me love a book with my two least favorite tropes ever. It was so so so so good.